Development and validation of a risk score predicting substantial weight gain over 5 years in middle-aged European men and women.

Development and validation of a risk score predicting substantial weight gain over 5 years in middle-aged European men and women.

BACKGROUND:Identifying individuals at high risk of excess weight gain may help targeting prevention efforts at those at risk of various metabolic diseases associated with weight gain. Our aim was to develop a risk score to identify these individuals and validate it in an external population. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Annika Steffen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Sven Knüppel, Noemie Travier, María-José Sánchez, José María Huerta, J Ramón Quirós, Eva Ardanaz, Miren Dorronsoro, Birgit Teucher, Kuanrong Li, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Daphne van der A, Amalia Mattiello, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Vittorio Krogh, Paolo Vineis, Antonia Trichopoulou, Philippos Orfanos, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Bo Hedblad, Peter Wallström, Kim Overvad, Jytte Halkjær, Anne Tjønneland, Guy Fagherazzi, Laureen Dartois, Francesca Crowe, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Lefkos Middleton, Anne M May, Petra H M Peeters, Heiner Boeing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3713004?pdf=render

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